Stephens, John Melville
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Melville |
Surname | Stephens |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry and Enda Slean Stephens. Husband of Nan Anne Stephens, of Willowdale, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z1114 |
Markings | -T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot I/2. Grave 152. |
Epitaph | BORN 26TH NOVEMBER 1917 BELOVED HUSBAND OF NAN STEPHENS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 101 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/160280 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 28 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-02-1944 |
End Date | 03-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Castle Donington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | On a cross-country exercise. On return to base the port engine began to fail and at 1742 the bomber overshot the runway and finished up, totally wrecked, in a field on the northern side of the airfield. |